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The World Turned Upside Down – The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

Taken for a Soldier – Conscript or Volunteer?

31 min • 17 maj 2024

Napoleon Bonaparte famously said “Soldiers generally win battles, generals get credit for them”. This is certainly true of many of the histories of the British Civil Wars. Whilst much is written about famous military figures such as Oliver Cromwell and Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the hundreds of thousands of ordinary men they led – ... Read more

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